M. S. Palanivel

எம்.எஸ். பழனிவேல்

MLA for Veerapandi since May 2026MLA for Veerapandi, 2026–31TVK

AC 91 · Salem district
Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
Term ended 10 May 2031
Age 57 at the 2026 election

declared assets: ₹35.40 cr
pending criminal cases: 1
education: 12th pass
age at filing: 57

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. The cases are pending, not convictions. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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April 2026 result — Veerapandi

4,071vote margin

Runner-up S. Sri Balaji Sugumar (AIADMK) polled 75,836 votes.

votes won: 79,907
vote share: 33.9%
turnout: 94.2%
candidates: 20

AC 91 · Salem district

Veerapandi

312 booths in 73 villages

Top five of 20 candidates and NOTA

M. S. PalanivelTVK79,907 · 33.9%
S. Sri Balaji SugumarAIADMK75,836 · 32.2%
A. K. TharunDMK69,296 · 29.4%
S. RajeshkumarNTK6,820 · 2.9%
M. BramamoorthiIND642 · 0.3%

Full result and history on the seat page

Source: Election Commission of India, result declared 4 May 2026 · results.eci.gov.in

Declared in the 2026 affidavit

Sworn to the Election Commission of India

declared assets: ₹35.40 cr
liabilities: ₹9.23 cr
pending criminal casesDeclared, not convictions: 1
age at filing: 57

Via myneta.info · View the affidavit record

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Sources (2)

Election Commission of India · results — results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/
myneta.info · affidavit — myneta.info/TamilNadu2026/candidate.php?candidate_id=1000

Profile

About M. S. Palanivel

Party: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Profession: Mining Business
District: Salem

Other MLAs from Salem district

A. NallathambiGangavalli · AIADMK A. P. JayasankaranAttur · AIADMK P. UsharaniYercaud · AIADMK R. ManiOmalur · AIADMK G. VenkatachalamMettur · AIADMK Edappadi K. PalaniswamiEdappadi · AIADMK S. VetrivelSankari · AIADMK S. LakshmananSalem (West) · TVK K. SivakumarSalem (North) · TVK A. Vijay Tamilan ParthibanSalem (South) · TVK

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